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CHAPTER OF MISCELLANIES. 



ZOOLOGY, 



Chrysomela polita. — Three specimens of this beautiful Beetle were taken 

 here last summer, June 16, by my brother, who found them sitting on the 

 leaves of Geum rivale £the Water Avens. — Ed/], at the side of Kinnes-burn. 

 The male of this insect is considerably smaller than the female. — Henry Buist, 

 Law Park Cottage, near St. Andrews, March 12, 1838. 



CONCHOLOGY OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LIVERPOOL. The following list of 



shells, with remarks on the localities of some of the species, has been furnished me 

 through the kindness of Thomas Glover, Esq., of Manchester, and may perhaps 

 be useful to such of your readers as reside in this neighbourhood : — 



Helix nemoralis, about a dozen varieties ; Succinea amphibia ; Limnceus 

 pereger ; L.stagnalis; L. elongatus ; L.palustris; Physa fontinalis ; Aplexa 

 hypnorum ; Planorbis carinatus / P. vortex ; Turritella terebra ; Cingula 

 ulvce ; Scalaria clathrus ; S. Turtoni ; Paludina vivipara, Southport ; P. 

 impura ; Natica glaucina ; Fasus antiquus ; Rostellaria pes-pelecani ; Pecten 

 opercularis ; P. varius ; Nucula nuclea ; Mytilus edulis ; M. pellucidus ; 

 Modiola vulgaris; Anodon cygneus ; Cardium edule; Mactra solida; M. 

 subtruncata ; M. stullorum, two varieties ; Amphidesma compressum ; Donax 

 trunculus ; Psammobia Ferroensis ; P. solida ; Cyprina Islandica ; Venus 

 gallina ; Cyclas cornea ; Pholas crispata ; Ph. candidus ; Solen ensis ; Mya 

 truncata ; M. arenaria ; Pandora inequivalvis ; Echinus, several species. 



" The arrangement," observes Mr. Glover, " is Fleming's, except as regards 

 the land and fresh-water shells, for which I have adopted Dr. Turton's names. 

 I would wish to observe that no shell ought to be accounted as native which is 

 not found alive in its natural situation. You instance Rostellaria pes-pelecani, 

 specimens of which I picked up last summer near Formby ; also Turritella, 

 Scalaria, Fusus, and many others, inhabitants only of deep waters, and most pro- 

 bably washed up from Conway Bay. Many of the interesting varieties of Helix 

 nemoralis are to be found amongst the sand- hills at Wallasey and Leasowes ; 

 Succinea amphibia on the low grounds near Leasowes ; Limnceus pereger in the 

 ponds about Wallasey; L.stagnalis, L. elongatus, and L.palustris, in the ponds 

 round Liverpool ; Physa fontinalis, Aplexa hypnorum, Planorbis carinatus, and 

 P. vortex, in the same localities. Cingula ulvce is very common at Southport, 

 and sometimes gets washed along the coast. Paludina impura in the Leeds and 

 Liverpool Canal. Mytilus pellucidus in prodigious quantities near the Light- 

 house, westward. Anodon cygneus occurs in many of the ponds. Cardium 

 edule occasionally on the banks, but probably plentiful a mile or two from shore. 



